3.3 ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Burges · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Burges
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living in each home than in previous years, with Mount Burges now seeing a typical household size of 3.3 people. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community where large families and multi-person homes are common.
3.3
▲ +10.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Burges — higher than 91% of areas.
| Mount Burges | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 6429, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than average, with 40.9% of households containing three people and 22.7% holding five or more. Only 22.7% of residents live alone, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
22.7% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Burges, the largest group is 3 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 5 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.7% of the total, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. These families, along with couples with children, form the vast majority of the local family structure.
34.7% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Burges, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (37%) and Couples without children (10%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mount Burges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51006/mount-burges/topic/family-households